It appears that after a year long effort by HYNCA and local businesses to close Club Fuel, there has finally been some success!  Three weeks ago Club Fuel closed on its doors after an enormous amount of pressure. 

We are told the club will only reopen for special events under a different name and after some renovations.  The Fuel Group lease for this space is up on September 30, 2008 and will NOT be renewed.  Apparently the Club Fuel operators are trying to get out of the club business now.  Damaging media attention has negatively affected their business dealings in other parts of the Bay area; particularly Fuel Group’s planned Westin hotel in downtown St. Petersburg.

We hope that the owner of the building will consider converting or selling the property for retail, restaurant, office, or hotel development when the lease is up.  We encourage the building owner to bring in a business which will improve the east side of 7th Ave.  Ybor City residents will not tolerate a nuisance club which fails to protect residents and visitors from criminal activity. 

We will continure to keep an eye on the Club Fuel space until the day it finally closes for good!!!

This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 5:16 pm and is filed under Bars & Nightclubs.